Game or toy of skill



April 21, 1942- F. BROOMFIELD GAME OR TOY OF SKILL 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 21, 1941 4 R Y O E T F N N m R E a 0 mm L A 3 l 5 m M I mm IH 0 H h A 3 M M April 21, 1942. 1 BRQQMFIYELD Z,?80,623

GAME OR TOY OF SKILL Filed June, 21, 1941 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 .52 "4 f N I 3/ l "33 N02 i \39 lth" 1 I82 7 37 c INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21, 1942 r OFFICE GAME R TOY or SKILL Frank Broomfield, Ridgewood', N. J., assignor of I one-half to Cecil L. Wahl, New York, N. Y.

Application June 21, 1941, Serial No. 399,105

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a game of skill or toy and has for its object to provide a game with which a player can attempt to knock off and project a stationary object from a platform the instant another object moveable overhead comes into vertical range with it.

Another object is to provide a construction that will be simple to manufacture and relatively inexpensive.

With these and other objects in view my new game comprises a hollow platform whose surface may be made to represent a landscape, seascape or both, with stationary objects that may simulate houses, guns, boats or the like to serve as targets, loosely supported thereon in a regular row and having extensions projecting into the hollow of said platform. A moveable object that may simulate a bombingplane is supported on and at an elevation from said platform and is adapted to move in a path vertically coinciding with the row of stationary objects. Connected with said moveable object and concealed within the hollow of the platform is a striker which while the moveable object is in motion and reaches a point just above the target aimed at can be operated to knock oil? and project the target from said platform.

My invention also consists in the provision of time and coin controlled means for operating said game.

In the accompanying drawing which constitutes part of this specification and in which similar reference characters denote corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my game or toy;

Figure 2 is a vertical section thereof;

Figure 3 is a cross section on lines 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical section of a modified construction;

Figure 5 is a sectional plan view thereof; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged cross section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, and first to the construction shown in Figures 1 to 3, l0 denotes a hollow platform of any suitable material and shape the upper face of the top ID of which may be painted or otherwise made to represent a landscape, seascape or both (not shown).

Adapted to be removeably supported on the top ID of said platform are objects which may simulate a house #I I, gun ll, battleship H or the like, each object being provided at its bottom into the range of any of the said objects the with. a projection H loosely engaging a recess I0 in said top and extending into the hollow of said platform (Figure 2).

These recesses are arranged in a regular row. Thus if the plaform is cylindrical or in form of a drum as shown, the recesses I0 are arranged in a circular manner concentric with the peripheral edge of said platform.

' Suitably supported on the platform to move above and inline with the row of objects II, I I l l is an object .12 that may simulate an aeroplane or bomber. In the example shown the object I2 is carried by a horizontal arm Hi formed on the upper end of a rotary spindle l3 centrally mounted in a suitable manner on the platform. -To the lower end of said spindle I3 is fixed a plate I4 formed with upstanding side flanges M in which is borne a pin |5.' Rotatively mounted on said pin l5 at its inner end and extending toward the circumferential wall I0 of said platform is a striker arm l6 adapted to re-.

volve in synchronism with said spindle |3.. The free end of said arm 16 carries a mallet or hammer IT. This mallet or striker is adapted to vertically coincidewith the row of objects II, II and H so'that, when acted upon, as will be presently described, and when brought into the range of any of said objects, it may strike against the projection I I thereof and knock said object off the platform. The arm [6 is adapted to normally extend in horizontal position and be held in that position on the plate I4 by a spring Hi or the like.

Pivotally supported in a suitable manner on the inner face of the circumferential wall I0 of the platform is a double armed lever l8 one arm l8 of which projects outwardly through a vertical slot I0 of said wall and serves as a handle and the other arm I 8 of which extends inwardly and is formed with a circular loop I8 This double armed lever l8 serves for the operation of the striker arm I6. In the present example the spindle I3 is adapted to be impelled by a clock mechanism IQ of any well known construction having a winding key I9 and which mechanism is provided in a casing I?! mounted centrally on the platform.

In playing the game, after having wound up the clock mechanism, the spindle I3 is set into player will rapidly depress the handle I8 of the operating lever 18 thereby forcing the loop shaped comprises a rotary disk 25 mounted on a rotary solenoid 40 included in the electric circuit of cross shaft 26, and adapted to be driven from the motor 23 with reduced speed through the ear 22 meshing with a gear 21.- This diskis provided with a split circularcontact shoe 25 which cooperates with two resilient contact members or brushes 28 29. One of said contact members 28 is stationary and is electrically connected by wire 39 with one terminal of the electric motor 23 and the other member 29 is carried by an insulated sleeve 3|, rotatively mounted on the spindle 2B. The sleeve 3| has an arm like projection 32 electrically connected by wire 33 to one pole of the electric source, whose other pole is connected by Wire 34 to the other terminal of the motor. The contact member 29 normally extends through the split or gap 25 of said contact shoe 25 and thereby breaks the circuit through the motor, but when the sleeve 3| is slightly turned on its axis through the actuation of its arm 32 said member 29 is shoved on to the contact shoe closing the electric circuit whereby the spindle I3 is set into rotation. This rotation Will continue until the contact member 29 rides off the shoe 25 and enters the gap 25 the brush or contact member 28 being wide enough during the rotation of the disk 24 to overlap the gap 25 The actuation of the sleeve 3| is effected manually through a coin controlled slide 35 formed at its inner end with a finger 35 which when the slide is pushed inwardly, as will be presently described, engages the arm 32 of the sleeve.

The slide '35 is slotted and capable of being coupled to a manually operable slotted push member 36 through a coin C in well known manner.

The manually operable looped lever [8 serving to operate the striker IS in the same manner as in the first modification is adapted to be normally locked in inoperative position and can be released only after the insertion of a coin.

To this end I provide a catch 31 on the free end of a rocking lever 38 which is adapted to normally enga e the loop l8 of the arm or lever [8. The rocking lever is connected to a spring actuated pl er 39 acting as armature of a the motor through wires 4|, 42, so that the instant said circuit is closed the solenoid will be energized causing the plunger 39 and catch lever 38 to move away from the looped arm I 8 theredrical hollow platform formed with a circular series of recesses, targets loosely borne in said recesses and 'extended into the hollow of said platform, a rotary spindle centrally mounted in said platform and projecting vertically to a relatively high elevation from said latform and also into the hollow thereof, a horizontal arm rigidly connected to the upper end, and a vertically swinging arm borne by the lower end of said spindle, both said arms being equal in length to the radial distance of a target from said spindle, said upper arm carrying at its free end a plane simulating an indicator and said lower arm carrying at its free end a striking element, and a vertically swinging loop-shaped lever mounted -in the hollow of said platform and formed with an externally operable handle, said loop-shaped lever being adapted to strike against said lower arm when its said striking element is in register with any one of said targets and to thereby knock the latter off said platform.

FRANK BRO'OMFIE LD. 

